Soapbox: Man, Remember Black?
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Criterion Games was absolutely on fire in the early noughties. Having made an incredible arcade racing series the brilliant Burnout, of course it decided to turn its hand to a totally new genre. This is something that you don t see too much of; usually, a studio finds its comfort zone and sticks to it. The team could easily have made a straight sequel to Burnout Revenge, and it would ve been wonderful. However, Criterion took a creative risk, slamming the brakes on racers and turning its attention to the world of shooters.
I remember being taken aback when I first read about Black in a copy of Official PlayStation Magazine. A first-person shooter from checks notes Criterion? The makers of some of my favourite games ever? What is this? After reading the mag s preview of the upcoming game, it started to make a little more sense. The studio had gone big on destruction and action in its racers, and its aim was to make an equally brash, explos
Soapbox: There s One Thing I Want To See In Tomorrow s Direct, And It s Pullblox
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To be a Nintendo fan is to be intimately familiar with disappointment. Each one of us has a particular game or series that we cling to like Rose on the Titanic door, desperately hoping that Papa Ninty will eventually notice us and give us the sequel (or at least a remake) we crave. It s their fault for making such good games in such quantity, really - and for abandoning them in favour of adding another Fire Emblem character to Smash Bros. No, I m not bitter.
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Creating Fairness in Publishing Feb 12, 2021
As I began writing this column, I thought about writing it as an appeal to publishers, literary agents, ghostwriters, and editors to dig deep into their humanity when considering opportunities to work with brown and Black authors. The reality is that the works of brown and Black authors are much more closely scrutinized than those of other authors. Greater emphasis is put on their ready-made follower base, celebrity, and social standing than on the quality of the writing itself. The lack of interest or consideration in building a brown and Black talent pipeline that does not fit preconceived formulas does a disservice to the publishing industry.